It’s always pretty amusing when a referee falls over or gets hit by the ball and Chris Foy’s misfortune at Newcastle proved to be no exception.

The official took a belter in the face when Fabricio Coloccini blocked a shot from Swansea’s Jonjo Shelvey and it flew straight in Foy’s direction.

There was a brief stoppage in play at St James’ Park while he got treatment and also a halt in proceedings on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday, where Phil Thompson, Paul Merson and co. couldn’t hold it together.

The pundits could barely describe the incident through their laughter and Foy didn’t get much sympathy from Twitter either.

Chris Foy just got blasted in the face with the ball in Newcastle-Swansea. Karma